Unstyled B front bolts??

farmallday · Jun 29, 2013

So the nabor has a unstyled "B" It has a 4 bolt front end He says thats rare?? When and why is there diffrent paterns??

JohnDeereJimOhio · Jun 29, 2013

When they first came out they were a 4 bolt front pedistal then Deere found out it was week and they switched it to 8 bolts.. So your neighbor is correct I would have to look up the exact number made I don't remember off the too of my head but it was not a ton..

DScott · Jun 29, 2013

(quoted from post at 06:53:52 06/29/13) So the nabor has a unstyled "B" It has a 4 bolt front end He says thats rare?? When and why is there diffrent paterns??

I would not say they are "Rare" but there isn't a lot of them around either. This is part of an article in Two-Cylinder Magazine a few years ago about the unstyled JD Model B that explained the 4 bolt pedestal:

[i:b954e17055][b:b954e17055]"On Model "B" and "B" Garden ("BN") Tractors serial numbers
1000-3042, the front-end support was a fabricated steel weldment assembly that used four bolts (actually studs and nuts) to attach the steering pedestal assembly. A few field failures of this design had already occurred, and since a "BW" Tractor was planned, it was determined that the fabricated steel front-end support and 4-bolt attachment of the steering pedestal would not be strong enough
to withstand the stresses that would be imposed with the
adjustable-front axle. Therefore, at #3043, the front-end support was changed to a heavier cast iron unit, and the steering pedestals were revised to use eight bolts (again, studs and nuts) for attachment
instead of four."[/b:b954e17055]
[/i:b954e17055]
So that means there were 2042 made. I have a 4 bolt B and it's probably my favorite tractor. Hope this helps.

James Howell · Jun 30, 2013

You have a very nice looking tractor!

Thanks for sharing your photo with us.

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